The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Muscat of Hungary

Fruit greenish-yellow, small, short-ovate; flesh firm, sweet, and having a decided Muscat flavour; bunches small, tapering. An early Grape.

CEillade Noire. Fruit deep black, with a fine bloom, large, long-ovate; flesh very tender and juicy, with a pleasant, rich flavour; bunches long, loose, and straggling. A mid-season Sweetwater Grape.

Raisin de Calabre. Fruit white, medium-sized, round; flesh firm, and possessing little flavour; bunches long-tapering. A late, vinous Grape, which keeps well.

Royal Ascot. Fruit purplish-black, large, ovate; flesh very firm, with a strong, piquant, plum-like flavour; bunches small, short, compact, well set. A mid-season vinous Grape.

Royal Muscadine. Fruit greenish-white, small, round; flesh firm, juicy, sweet, and exceedingly pleasant; bunches small, long-tapering, compact, well set. A good, open-air, early Sweetwater Grape, also known as WHITE CHASSELAS. Syrian. Fruit greenish-white, large, ovate; flesh firm, juicy, sweet, and moderatly rich. A late, vinous Grape, which keeps well. Trebbiano. Fruit greenish-white, changing to pale amber when fully ripe, large, ovate; flesh firm, sweetly flavoured, but not rich; bunches very large (one example weighing 26 1/4lb. has been grown), broadly shouldered, well set. A late, vinous Grape.

Trentham Black. Fruit jet-black, large, ovate; flesh extremely tender and juicy, with a sweet, rich, and very pleasant flavour; bunches large, loose, and straggling, often badly set. An early Sweetwater Grape. Troveren Frontignan. Fruit, some greenish-yellow, others deep amber tinged with dirty-brown, small, round; flesh firm, crackling, very rich, and highly flavoured; bunches long, tapering, compact, well set. A mid-season Muscat Grape.

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